The Unsearchable Riches of Christ: Commentary Series

We progress forward with our introductory remarks concerning the book of Luke, and then proceed to discuss John the Baptist’s parents:  Zacharias and Elizabeth.  This is, I’m sure, very familiar scripture so we will examine several cross references and topics throughout the word of God to provide further context and understanding to the beginning verses of this Gospel. 

On this episode we provide a short introductory summary for the longest New Testament book:  the Gospel Luke.  So, open you Bibles and let’s study the word of God.

Today we conclude our study of Daniel by discussing two final topics: 

#1 - The idea that the Antichrist could be Jewish, and in fact from the tribe of Dan. 

Then, lastly #2 - The promise of Israel’s deliverance.  So, open your Bibles one more time to the book of Daniel.

The final chapter of Daniel, and just like all the previous chapters, this thing is loaded.  Previously we discussed all the events leading up to the AntiChrist and now it’s time to talk about the Tribulation Period (which is the final 70^th week of the Daniel 9 prophesy).  There indeed is a lot here, and you may benefit from looking at a visual graph, similar to what was depicted in the classroom during today’s lesson.  That graph can be found on the website:  www.TheUnsearchableRiches.podbean.com.  

Up to this point in chapter 11 of Daniel, we have discussed the detailed history that pictures the Antichrist himself.  Now it’s time to talk about him and the days to come.  This portion of scripture will lead us right into our final discussion regarding the Tribulation Period of chapter 12.  Open your Bibles to Daniel 11 and prepare to conclude this chapter.

A lot of history has unfolded for us within the first 20 verses of chapter 11, and the scripture still has a lot more information to provide.  We have reached the verses regarding the person who pictures the Antichrist who is to come.  That person is Antiochus Epiphanes.  Turn to Daniel 11 and let’s continue through this chapter.

A lot of names and specific events will be discussed during today’s episode.  Most of the names and events concern the Syrian Wars between the southern and northern portions of the Grecian Kingdom following Alexander the Great.  Now, just to put this into perspective … We’ll begin with Cyrus II (530 BC) and end our discussion with Antiochus Epiphanes (175 BC).  That’s roughly 350 years of history to cover.  So, just as before, I strongly encourage you to visit our website, TheUnsearchableRiches.podbean.com, to download the genealogy tree showing a visual picture of all the names we discuss during today’s episode.  That download can be found near the bottom of the Daniel page.

Throughout our study of Daniel, you might have wondered about the historical “gaps” or “spaces of time” that have seemingly been jumped between the Babylonian captivity and Christ’s 1^st coming.  Furthermore, you might have additional questions concerning the Tribulation period.  Well, this chapter, as well as chapter 12, fills in those gaps and hopefully will answer your questions.  

We take a quick overview through the Bible to discuss angels.  Who are they?  What are they doing?  This is by no means an exhaustive study but detailed enough to provide a sufficient summary as it concerns our study of Daniel, especially with what we’ve seen in chapter 10.  

We conclude our chapter 9 study with a few final remarks associated with the previous two episodes.  Then, we dive right into the 10^th chapter where we find Daniel mourning over the final vision, we have of him recorded in scripture.  Grab your Bibles and follow along as we begin our discussions of Daniel’s last vision.

We revisit the 70-week prophecy given in Daniel 9 to hopefully provide a detailed description of this prophecy and how it ties into Israel’s history.  If you have not already done so, please visit this podcast’s website, theunsearchableriches.podbean.com, to download the notes pertaining to these discussions.  Without further ado, let’s begin.

We begin to discuss in detail the 70 week prophecy found in the last 4 verses of chapter 9.  If you thought the 2300-day prophecy back in chapter 8 was phenomenal just wait until we’ve fully discussed this one … It indeed holds some grand truths pertaining to Israel.  I originally thought we could get through everything in one episode, but that proved to be too lofty a goal so our discussions will need to encompass two episodes before we conclude this chapter.

Daniel’s Bible study leads him to fervent prayer (James 5:16).  We see his heart opened to God, and God responds with giving Daniel skill and understanding in a vision that details the timeline for the 2^nd coming of Christ.  The vision is on our next episode’s agenda, so right now let’s examine this prayer of Daniel.

The verses in this chapter that discuss the little horn have a dual meaning.  It speaks of a king who would arise out of one of the 4 kingdoms of Grecia after Alexander the Great’s untimely demise, but also provides us with a picture of the antichrist during the Tribulation Period.

We begin the prophetical chapter that has caused many “scholars” (both past and present) to cringe in disbelief.  The prophecies here are so historically accurate that many can’t or just simply refuse to accept that they were penned hundreds of years in advance to the events unfolding.  

We narrow our focus to the 4^th beast in Daniel’s dream and discuss its interpretation.  Only a handful of verses stand between us and the end of this 7^th chapter, but man-o-man these verses are jampacked.

We revisit the same portions of scripture from the previous lesson and discuss more information concerning the 4 Beasts in Daniel’s dream.  We will compare scripture with scripture by examining cross-reference passages throughout God’s word to further understand this grand chapter. 

We wish we had more time than allotted for today’s lesson.  Nevertheless, we began chapter 7 (the start of the prophetical portions of Daniel) and covered just enough material to introduce this chapter.  As always, grab your Bibles and notebooks and prepare to follow along with us.

Today’s lesson recaps the story of Daniel in the lion’s den and concludes with notes comparing Daniel’s experience with that of Christ just prior to His crucifixion.  You don’t want to miss this lesson.

We quickly discover in chapter 6 that Daniel’s new peers within the Median Persian empire are jealous of him and attempt to entrap him by using his law against him.  Open your Bibles to Daniel 6 and let’s see what happens.